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Module organization and variance in protein-protein interaction networks
(2015-03-23)
Lin, Chun-Yu
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Lee, Tsai-Ling
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Chiu, Yi-Yuan
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Lin, Yi-Wei
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Lo, Yu-Shu
A module is a group of closely related proteins that act in concert to perform specific biological functions through protein-protein interactions (PPIs) that occur in time and space. However, the underlying module organization and variance remain unclear. In this study, we collected module templates to infer respective module families, including 58,041 homologous modules in 1,678 species, and PPI families using searches of complete genomic database. We then derived PPI evolution scores and interface evolution scores to describe the module elements, including core and ring components. Functions of core components were highly correlated with those of essential genes. In comparison with ring components, core proteins/PPIs were conserved across multiple species. Subsequently, protein/module variance of PPI networks confirmed that core components form dynamic network hubs and play key roles in various biological functions. Based on the analyses of gene essentiality, module variance, and gene co-expression, we summarize the observations of module organization and variance as follows: 1) a module consists of core and ring components; 2) core components perform major biological functions and collaborate with ring components to execute certain functions in some cases; 3) core components are more conserved and essential during organizational changes in different biological states or conditions.
An energy adjustable linearly polarized passively Q-switched bulk laser with a wedged diffusion-bonded Nd:YAG/Cr4+:YAG crystal
(2015-03-23)
Cho, C. Y.
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Cheng, H. P.
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Chang, Y. C.
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Tang, C. Y.
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Chen, Y. F.
An energy adjustable passively Q-switched laser is demonstrated with a composite Nd:YAG/Cr4+:YAG crystal by applying a wedged interface inside the crystal. The theoretical model of the monolithic laser resonator is explored to show the energy adjustable feature with different initial transmissions of the saturable absorber at the horizontal axis. By adjusting the pump beam location across the Nd: YAG crystal, the output pulse energy can be flexibly changed from 10.9 mu J to 17.6 mu J while maintaining the same output efficiency. The polarization state of the laser output is found to be along with the polarization of the C-mount pump diode. Finally, the behavior of the multi-transverse-mode oscillation is also discussed for eliminating the instability of the pulse train. (C) 2015 Optical Society of America
四小門閥藝術家開放空間展出美學二十二日前與藝術家真情知性有約
(2015-03-24)
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葬花詞
(2015-03-24)
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史記
(2015-03-24)
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管管作品三首
(2015-03-24)
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月亮的味道
(2015-03-24)
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四小門閥藝術家開放空間展出美學二十二日前與藝術家真情知性有約
(2015-03-24)
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管管作品三首
(2015-03-24)
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一生認真玩遊戲的管管
(2015-03-24)
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管管作品三首
(2015-03-24)
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吟詩揮毫
(2015-03-24)
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管管作品三首
(2015-03-24)
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Self-Reactivated Mesostructured Ca-Al-O Composite for Enhanced High-Temperature CO2 Capture and Carbonation/Calcination Cycles Performance
(2015-03-25)
Chang, Po-hsueh
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Huang, Wei-Chen
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Lee, Tai-Jung
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Chang, Yen-Po
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Chen, San-Yuan
In this study, highly efficient high-temperature CO2 sorbents of calcium aluminate (Ca-Al-O) mesostructured composite were synthesized using presynthesized mesoporous alumina (MA) as a porous matrix to react with calcium nitrate through a microwave-assisted process. Upon annealing at 600 degrees C, a highly stable mesoporous structure composed of poorly crystalline Ca(12)A(14)O(33) phase and the CaO matrix was obtained. The Ca-Al-O mesostructured sorbents with a Ca2+/Al3+ ratio of 5:1 exhibit an enhanced increasing CO2 absorption kinetics in the CO2 capture capacity from 37.2 wt % to 48.3 wt % without apparent degradation With increasing carbonation/calcination cycling up to 50 at 700 degrees C due to the strong self-reactivation effect of the mesoporous Ca-Al-O microstructure. Remarkable improvements in the CaO-CaCO3 conversion attained from the mesostructured Ca-Al-O composite can be explained using the concept combined with available mesoporous structure and Ca12Al14O33 phase content. However, a high Ca2+/Al3+ =8:1 Ca-Al-O composite causes degradation because the pores become blocked and partial sintering induces CaO agglomeration.
Evaluating and selecting the biometrics in network security
(2015-03-25)
Liu, Che-Hung
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Wang, Jen-Sheng
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Peng, Chih-Chiang
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Shyu, Joseph Z.
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科技管理研究所
Since Apple merged with AuthenTec, a leading fingerprint recognition company, in 2012, biometrics has widely been considered to strengthen security and privacy in the network security field. Although biometrics has been applied in specific areas for decades, it has gradually proliferated in customer and mobile electronic products to enhance security and privacy. This study aims to evaluate biometrics through conventional technology assessment considerations combined with viewpoints on the specifics of biometric technologies and then to provide suggestions for selection. To conduct the biometric technology assessment, the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process and non-fuzzy best performance approaches are used. Although the outcomes first indicate that technology assessment should be the key object in selecting biometric technologies, that object is followed by biometric competence and key elements of biometrics. The outcomes also indicate that features of the target technologies should be considered when evaluating them. Additionally, fingerprint recognition, iris recognition, and face recognition are the preferred biometrics in evaluation and selection. Copyright (c) 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Solution-Processed Zinc Oxide/Polyethylenimine Nanocomposites as Tunable Electron Transport Layers for Highly Efficient Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells
(2015-03-25)
Chen, Hsiu-Cheng
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Lin, Shu-Wei
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Jiang, Jian-Ming
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Su, Yu-Wei
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Wei, Kung-Hwa
In this study, we employed polyethylenimine-doped sol-gel-processed zinc oxide composites (ZnO:PEI) as efficient electron transport layers (ETL) for facilitating electron extraction in inverted polymer solar cells. Using ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy, synchrotron grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering and transmission electron microscopy, we observed that ZnO:PEI composite films\' energy bands could be tuned considerably by varying the content of PEI up to 7 wt %-the conduction band ranged from 4.32 to 4.0 eV-and the structural order of ZnO in the ZnO:PEI thin films would be enhanced to align perpendicular to the ITO electrode, particularly at 7 wt % PEI, facilitating electron transport vertically. We then prepared two types of bulk heterojunction systems-based on poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT):phenyl-C-61-butryric acid methyl ester (PC61BM) and benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b]dithiophene-thiophene-2,1,3-benzooxadiazole (PBDTTBO):phenyl-C-71-butryric acid methyl ester (PC71BM)-that incorporated the ZnO:PEI composite layers. When using a composite of ZnO:PEI (93:7, w/w) as the ETL, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of the P3HT:PC61BM (1:1, w/w) device improved to 4.6% from a value of 3.7% for the corresponding device that incorporated pristine ZnO as the ETL-a relative increase of 24%. For the PBDTTBO:PC71BM (1:2, w/w) device featuring the same amount of PEI blended in the ETL, the PCE improved to 8.7% from a value of 7.3% for the corresponding device that featured pure ZnO as its ETL-a relative increase of 20%. Accordingly, ZnO:PEI composites can be effective ETLs within organic photovoltaics.
NON-INVASIVE INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE SENSOR
(2015-03-26)
Chiou Jin-Chern
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Yang Tzu-Sen
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Huang Yu-Chieh
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Yeh Kuan-Ting
A non-invasive intraocular pressure sensor adapted to be configured on an eyeball is provided. The non-invasive intraocular pressure sensor includes a sensing unit and a readout circuit. The sensing unit includes a plurality of electrode layers and a dielectric layer. The dielectric layer encloses the electrode layers and fills therebetween, and the electrode layers and the dielectric layer form a capacitor. A variation of capacitance of the capacitor varies with a variation of an intraocular pressure of the eyeball. The readout circuit is electrically connected to the sensing unit.
A novel and facile decay path of Criegee intermediates by intramolecular insertion reactions via roaming transition states
(2015-03-28)
Trong-Nghia Nguyen
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Putikam, Raghunath
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Lin, M. C.
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應用化學系
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應用化學系分子科學碩博班
We have discovered a new and highly competitive product channel in the unimolecular decay process for small Criegee intermediates, CH2OO and anti/syn-CH3C(H)OO, occurring by intramolecular insertion reactions via a roaming-like transition state (TS) based on quantum-chemical calculations. Our results show that in the decomposition of CH2OO and anti-CH3C(H)OO, the predominant paths directly produce cis-HC(O)OH and syn-CH3C(O)OH acids with >110 kcal/mol exothermicities via loose roaming-like insertion TSs involving the terminal O atom and the neighboring C-H bonds. For syn-CH3C(H)OO, the major decomposition channel occurs by abstraction of a H atom from the CH3 group by the terminal O atom producing CH2C(H)O-OH. At 298 K, the intramolecular insertion process in CH2OO was found to be 600 times faster than the commonly assumed ring-closing reaction. (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC.
行動革命　商業霸主
(2015-03-29)
陳亞柔
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Department of Communication and Technology
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傳播與科技學系
行動裝置改變人類生活型態，成為日常基本所需，但他們的意義並不只如此。
角色雷同　手遊公司遭告
(2015-03-29)
賴奕安
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Department of Communication and Technology
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傳播與科技學系
遊戲大廠美商暴雪公司因手機遊戲刀塔傳奇中角色、故事設定有多處抄襲暴雪旗下遊戲魔獸世界，進而對刀塔傳奇提告。